Entomology Seminar Series

The Department of Entomology sponsors a seminar series covering a wide range of topics and speakers.

Seminars are normally held from 2:30 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. on Fridays of the spring and fall semesters. They will be usually be conducted in-person in WA 231 while Zoom and the recordings are available. Please join us!

In addition to maintaining a high caliber of speakers, each year the department recognizes alumni and other scientists for their contributions to the science of entomology via the Distinguished Alumnus Award and the Theodore L. Hopkins Distinguished Colloquium Award. The students of the Popenoe Entomology Club also select the Popenoe Speaker each year and sponsor his or her visit to the department.

Please contact Bethany McGregor bmcgregor@ksu.edu with questions, for further information, or to request a Zoom link for a seminar.

Fall 2024 Seminar Schedule

Date (Day-Month)	Speaker	Title	Host
Monday 26-Aug 4-5 p.m. WA 126	Dr. Rajeswaran (Raj) Jagadeesan – Special Time Seminar Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries	Sustainable Management of Postharvest Storage Pests: Ensuring Food Security and Market Access	Tom Phillips
06-Sep	Kokou Selom Amego – M.S. Proposal Seminar M.S. Student, Entomology, Kansas State University	The morphology of Hessian fly feeding and the effects of insecticide-treated seed at labaled rates vs. rates reduced by nanotechnology	Jeff Whitworth
13-Sep	Dr. Jeremy Marshall – Promotion Seminar Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Programs, Entomology, Kansas State University	The strange and curious case of Dr. Marshall: A promotion story	Brian McCornack
20-Sep	Dr. Yoonseong Park University Distinguished Professor, Entomology, Kansas State University	Integrated alpha-gal syndrome management	Jeff Whitworth
27-Sep	Dr. Natalia Ball – Safety Seminar University Biosafety Manager, Office of Research Integrity, Compliance, and Security , Kansas State University	Beyond the Bench: Safety First for Diverse Research Environments	Bethany McGregor
Wednesday 02-Oct 3:30 p.m. WA 126	Dr. Brian Spiesman - Mid-Tenure Seminar Assistant Professor, Entomology, Kansas State University	Developing machine learning applications for pollinator ecology and conservation	Brian McCornack
04-Oct	Dr. Xiufeng Zhang Post-doctoral Fellow, Entomology, Kansas State University	The other 98% of the genome sequence for vector biology	Kris Silver
Monday 07-Oct 3:30 p.m. WA 126	Dr. Cassandra Olds - Mid-Tenure Seminar Assistant Professor, Entomology, Kansas State University	All roads lead to Rome	Brian McCornack
Tuesday 08-Oct 4-5 p.m.	Dr. Joao Pedra – Special Time Seminar Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine	Arthropod Immunology to Artificial Intelligence: a Journey Into Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases	Yoonseong Park
11-Oct	Inagural Wildcat Pause Day No Seminar
18-Oct	Dr. Jimmy Pitzer – Adjunct Seminar Research Entomologist, Arthropod-borne Animal Diseases Research Unit, USDA-ARS	Combating insecticide resistance among Dipteran pests of livestock	Bethany McGregor
25-Oct	Rachel Johnson – Ph.D. Proposal Seminar Ph.D. Student, Entomology, Kansas State University	*Characterization and Application of Hairpin RNA Polymer/Galactochitosan Nanoparticles for Improving RNAi Efficiency in the Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella* (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)**	Kun Yan Zhu
01-Nov	Andres Holguin – Ph.D. Proposal Seminar Ph.D. Student, Entomology, Kansas State University	Knowledge-based Mitigation of Alpha-Gal Syndrome	Yoonseong Park
08-Nov	ESA Practice Talks		Bethany McGregor
15-Nov	Dr. Lieceng Zhu – Distinguished Alumni Award Seminar Professor, Biology & Forensic Science, Fayetteville State University	Heat-Induced Loss of Wheat Resistance to Hessian Fly—A Student-Centered Research at Fayetteville State University	Bethany McGregor
22-Nov	Dr. Matthew Hetherington Post-doctoral Fellow, Stored Product Insects and Engineering Research Unit, USDA-ARS	From fruit to grain: chemical cues across agroecosystems	Rob Morrison
29-Nov	Thanksgiving Break No Seminar